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Mark and Stuart dance around the 6 Music maypole and celebrate the 1st May by playing a selection of May-related tracks

Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie present a feast of great music and chat for weekend breakfast

To celebrate the first day of May, Mark and Stuart dance around the virtual 6 Music maypole with a selection of May-related tracks. Including music from Cocteau Twins, Fleet Foxes, Prince Buster, Arcade Fire, Roxanne Shante, The Go! Team and Pink Floyd.

Also on the show… catch up on the best music and entertainment stories of the past week in ‘This Week In Music’.

Plus... regular features 'The Chain' - our world-famous list of over 8000 interconnected songs - and 'Sampled Underfoot' which explores the samples used in some of our favourite tracks.

3 hours

Last on

Sat 1 May 2021 07:00

Music Played

  • Fleet Foxes

    Third of May / ÅŒdaigahara

    • Nonesuch Records.
  • The Coral

    Lover Undiscovered

    • Modern Sky Records.
  • Carole King

    I Feel The Earth Move

    • Epic.
  • The Skatalites

    Roots Dub

  • Spellling

    Little Deer

  • Yves Tumor

    Gospel For A New Century

    • Warp Records.
  • Pink Floyd

    See Emily Play

    • EMI.
  • Paul McCartney

    Seize The Day (feat. Phoebe Bridgers)

    • Capitol Records.
  • Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

    The Onion Song

    • Soul (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.
  • Funk Fanatics

    Love Is the Answer (Freemasons Remix)

  • Francis Lung

    Bad Hair Day

    • Memphis Industries.
  • LYR

    Winter Solstice

    • UMG.
  • Paul Giovanni

    Maypole

  • Arcade Fire

    Month Of May

    • MERCURY.
  • Sorry

    Cigarette Packet

    • Domino Record Co.
  • Roxanne Shanté

    Have A Nice Day

    • Cold Chillin' Records.
  • Laura Veirs

    Sun Song

    • BELLA UNION.
  • Villagers

    The First Day

    • Fever Dreams.
    • Domino.
  • Field Music

    No Pressure

    • Memphis Industries.
  • Gorillaz & Shaun Ryder

    Dare

    • Parlophone.
  • Mykki Blanco

    Free Ride

  • Lee Burridge & Matthew Dekay

    Lost In A Moment

  • BMX Bandits

    Take Five (91Èȱ¬ Long session)

    • Janice Long session 09​.​04​.​87.
    • Precious Recordings of London.
  • Darren Hayman

    May Day 1894

    • where its at is where you are.
  • The Go! Team

    Mayday

    • Memphis Industries Ltd.
  • Noname

    Rainforest

    • Noname.
  • Bill Withers

    Grandma's Hands

  • Boards of Canada

    Jacquard Causeway

  • Bess Atwell

    Co-Op

    • Already, Always.
    • Real Kind Records.
  • Blue Öyster Cult

    Then Came The Last Days of May

  • Charlotte Adigéry

    Bear With Me (And I'll Stand Bare Before You)

    • DEEWEE.
  • Cocteau Twins

    Throughout The Dark Months Of April And May

  • Killing Joke

    May Day

  • The Eighteenth Day of May

    Cold Early Morning

  • Fana Hues

    Icarus

    • Bright Antenna Records.
  • Thundercat

    Funny Thing

    • Brainfeeder.
  • Prince Buster

    My Girl

Broadcast

  • Sat 1 May 2021 07:00